''Marinobacterium nitratireducens'' is a

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, strictly

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and non-

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-forming bacterium from the genus of ''

Marinobacterium ''Marinobacterium'' is a genus of bacteria found in sea water.George M. Garrity: ''Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology''. 2. Auflage. Springer, New York, 2005, Volume 2: ''The Proteobacteria, Part B: The Gammaproteobacteria'' The cells are ...

'' which has been isolated from sediments from the

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References

External links

Type strain of ''Marinobacterium nitratireducens'' at Bac''Dive'' - the Bacterial Diversity Metadatabase
Alteromonadales Bacteria described in 2009 {{Alteromonadales-stub